Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. Dozens of cybercrime shops traffic in this stolen data, which is more traditionally used to defraud online merchants. Click to enlarge. Image: Gemini Advisory.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

I’m preparing the slides for my next speech and I decided to create this post while searching for interesting cybercrime statistics in 2020. Cybercrime will cost as much as $6 trillion annually by 2021. The global expense for organizations to protect their systems from cybercrime attacks will continue to grow.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to distribute malware.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 25, 2023

While it is a time of celebration, the weekend also marks an uptick in online scams and phishing attacks. Whether it's a too-good-to-be-true discount on a vacation package, a counterfeit online store, or a phony super sale campaign, these scams aim to compromise sensitive data and steal your money.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

Consumer reports received since January 2020 revealed that that approximately $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams, FTC says. Federal Trade Commission revealed that Coronavirus-related scams reported by consumers since January 2020 caused approximately $12 million losses. SecurityAffairs – COVID-19, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Operators behind the Squid Game cryptocurrency have exit scam making off with an estimated $2.1 Operators behind the Squid Game cryptocurrency have exit scam making off with an estimated $2.1 Gizmodo, which first reported the news , initially warned of a potential scam because investors were not allowed to sell the purchased crypto.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2021

Since the initial lockdown, we have seen the rise of certain types of cybercrime, including scams and fraud campaigns that either bank on the global COVID-19 pandemic or take advantage of potential victims that adhere to work-from-home measures. Future cybercrimes in the UK and beyond. Organized crime: Online fraud.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2020

Experts at email security firm Mimecast has uncovered a flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Researchers at email security firm Mimecast have uncovered a new flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing C oronavirus outbreak. SecurityAffairs – flight scam, Coronavirus).

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In almost every category — from epic breaches and ransomware to cybercrime justice and increasingly aggressive phishing and social engineering scams — 2020 was a year that truly went to eleven. Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam? Would You Have Fallen for this Phone Scam?

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cybercrime isn’t just a futuristic Hollywood plotline, it’s a real threat that targets everyone—from wide-eyed kids to seasoned adults and wise grandparents. Identifying scams Before we dive headfirst into the cyber safety tips, let’s equip ourselves with the ultimate weapon: knowledge. And guess what?

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

A counterfeit check image [redacted] that was intended for a person helping this fraud gang print and mail phony checks tied to a raft of email-based scams. the “car wrap” scam ). ” A typical confirmation letter that accompanies a counterfeit check for a car wrap scam.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Threat actors involved in tech support scams have been running a browser locker campaign from November 2020 until February 2021 on the world’s largest adult platforms including PornHub. We know from our telemetry that the malicious advertiser is targeting victims from the U.S. Redirection chain. and the U.K. Fake dating sites.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A penny stock is a security issued by a small company, generally for less than $5 per share, let’s see how crooks attempt to exploit them for scam s. Although it’s not always the case, opportunities to invest in penny stocks are frequently scams. They’re also sometimes called micro-cap or nano-cap stocks. Cleary, Jr.,

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

FraudGPT is another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is advertised in the hacking underground. Recently, researchers from SlashNext warned of the dangers related to another generative AI cybercrime tool dubbed WormGPT.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The selection of affiliates is a crucial process in the success of the cybercrime scheme, for this reason, REvil operators personally select each people they want to include in their program. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Money Transfer Scam – Scammers hack the victims’s email accounts, monitor conversations between the buyers and title agents, send instructions on where to wire the money. The con in question is a money transfer scam with all the likeness of a typical transaction. Security Affairs – Money Transfer Scam, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. The researchers received a coronavirus-themed scam email that attempted to trick victims into using a different bank account for the payment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. A change of the bank account).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Nepal police arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals over a suspected cyber scam, this is the largest-ever operation involving foreigners. Nepal authorities have arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals that were in the country on tourist visas, they are suspected to be involved in a cyber scam. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

.” Over the course of his 15-year cybercriminal career, Severa would emerge as a pivotal figure in the cybercrime underground , serving as the primary moderator of a spam community that spanned multiple top Russian cybercrime forums. Severa rented out segments of his Waledac botnet to anyone seeking a vehicle for sending spam.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

was a now-defunct shop called “Dedushka” (“grandpa” in transliterated Russian), a service offering aged, fake Vkontakte accounts that was quite popular among crooks involved in various online dating scams. ” A Google Translate version of that advertisement is here (PDF). Isis’ profile on antichat.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2021

Also, this greenhorn criminal clearly had bought into BriansClub’s advertising, which uses my name and likeness in a series of ads that run on all the top cybercrime forums. com was hosted at a company in Moscow with just a handful of other domains phishing popular cybercrime stores, including Jstashbazar[.]com,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Apollon market, one of the largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming after the administrators have locked vendors’ accounts. The Apollon market , one of the darknet’s largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming, vendors and customers reported suspicious behavior of its administrators. ” continues Darknetstats.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. The figure that most of all capture our attention is that victims of cybercrime activities lost $3.5 BEC scams resulted in more than $1.7 Billion in 2019.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2019

In the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting, the CISA recommends users to remain vigilant on possible scams and malware attacks. In the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommends users to remain vigilant on possible scams and malware attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2019

“I read the documentation and I know you are a wealthy person who may be concerned about reputation,” reads the scam email message sent to the victims. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 8, 2023

WormGPT, a private new chatbot service advertised as a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help write malicious software without all the pesky prohibitions on such activity enforced by ChatGPT and Google Bard, has started adding restrictions on how the service can be used.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

This is a very strange and anomalous scam attempt, the hackers used a mix of appealing info and political data. Why mention Avenatti in a scam attempt? Stay Tuned… ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The FBI published a security advisory to warn of cyber actors using online dating sites to conduct confidence/romance scam and recruit money mules. The FBI published a security advisory to warn of confidence/romance scams turning victims into money mules. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had a major impact last year. million (roughly $750 million) through authorized and unauthorized fraud and scams in the UK alone. This includes fraudulent advertising on search engines, fake websites and posts on social media.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Apple created post-quantum cryptographic protocol PQ3 for iMessage Russian hacker is set to face trial for the hack of a local power grid Microsoft released red teaming tool PyRIT for Generative AI CISA orders federal agencies to fix ConnectWise ScreenConnect bug in a week FTC charged Avast with selling users’ browsing data to advertising companies (..)

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2019

The expert pointed out that the app doesn’t include any malicious code, it could be considered a tool used by crooks for a scam. “ ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes the expert.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2020

New York Attorney General asks domain registrars, including GoDaddy, and Namecheap, to crack down on coronavirus scam sites. The Coronavirus-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day. SecurityAffairs – COVID, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. in the British Virgin Islands. FORUM ACTIVITY?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Group-IB cybersecurity researchers recently identified several Russian-speaking cybercrime groups offering infostealing malware-as-a-service (MaaS), resulting in the theft of more than 50 million passwords thus far. Millions in Cybercrime Profit. Also read: The Challenges Facing the Passwordless Future. Last month, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Over the past decade, the site has featured more than 1,800 stories focusing mainly on cybercrime, computer security and user privacy concerns. Stories here have exposed countless scams, data breaches, cybercrooks and corporate stumbles. Today marks the 10th anniversary of KrebsOnSecurity.com! And what a decade it has been.

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